Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 'll still be a few showers around this evening , but they 'll die out later . |
| 2 | I get a few letters of this sort from people who think the advert for the B.A.E.C. in your classified section , which says it ‘ exists to help electronics enthusiasts ’ , is a general invitation to all and sundry to send their problems to me . |
| 3 | Golden-leaved marjoram , yellow-variegated lemon balm , white-variegated pineapple mint , purple-leaved sage , blue rue , the filmy leaves of bronze fennel , and the pink , purple and blue , leaf-like bracts of clary are a few herbs of this kind . |
| 4 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 5 | Just a few lines on this page : ‘ I am distressed for you , my dear . |
| 6 | There are quite a few ingredients in this recipe , but it is very easy to make . |
| 7 | Within a few minutes of this treatment being given , he was able to button up his coat . |
| 8 | Perhaps we can offer a few pointers at this stage . |
| 9 | A few offences of this nature will involve the owner of the vehicle or employer of the driver . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
| 11 | It is appropriate to add a few words at this point that might help avert the possibility of becoming involved in any extensive debate about whether associative changes of the sort described here should really be thought of as instances of perceptual learning , producing changes in the perceived similarity of the stimuli . |
| 12 | Immediately pressing a few flowers from this bouquet will ensure that they are preserved while in top condition , and mean that the remaining flowers can be enjoyed in a colourful arrangement . |
| 13 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 14 | A few evenings on this field , which had previously seemed barren , produced : crotal and rumbler bones ; medieval and Georgian buckles ; fifty copper coins ( 17th to 19th century ) ; buttons , a 17th century spoon ; a piece of 18th century watch fob ; and the smallest barrel lock that I have ever seen . |
| 15 | A few bats in this group catch fish rather than insects , and use this technique to sweep the water . |
| 16 | After a few days of this treatment , Moz began to feel less threatened by his owner , and began to greet her at the gate . |
| 17 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
| 18 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 19 | Within a few years of this edition Hopkins was firmly established in the canon of English poetry . |
| 20 | QUALITY LETTER WRITING — A FEW SAMPLES FROM THIS WEEK 'S MAILBAG |
| 21 | Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design . |
| 22 | Of course , they 'll be a few exceptions to this price freeze — mostly those more old-fashioned suppliers like IBM and Hewlett-Packard who can still afford to drop their prices by a notch or two . |
| 23 | Some products and places provide a few exceptions to this pattern , as we shall discover in the next chapter , and there were considerable , if patchy and delayed , efforts towards ‘ re-industrialization ’ ( Chapter 10 ) , which created the estimated increase of manufacturing employment across all regions of the North from 1987 to 1989 , averaging 1.4 per cent , probably arrested by 1990 . |
| 24 | Within a few weeks of this tragedy , on 29 May 1985 , further disaster struck at the European Cup Final between Italy 's Juventus and England 's Liverpool at Brussels ' Heysel Stadium . |
| 25 | Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again . |
| 26 | After a few months of this kind of thing , it was a wonder we did n't automatically walk out of our homes every hour , on the hour , when we were on leave , to look at the weather . |
| 27 | Take a few pieces of this stuff , it looks like gravel |
| 28 | A few comments on this table are necessary , especially in the light of more recent embryological work ( e.g. Bruckmoser , 1965 ; Wada , 1966 ; Ullmann , 1964 , 1967 ; Malzacher , 1968 ; Rohrschneider , 1968 ; Rempel and Church , 1969 ; Rempel , 1975 ; Scholl , 1969 and Larink , 1970 ) . |
| 29 | A few comments on this background study will show how the legends are being put into perspective . |